Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-04-15
immigration


We are in receipt of we'll edited and
neatly printed little paper from North
Carolina called the Pine Knot and devoted
to advertising the advantages Of soil, eli
mate and otherwise of the pine tree State
to the outside world with view of in
ducing immigration From it we learn
that there is in North Carolina State
Department of Agriculture, Immigration
and Statistics. One of The works of this
Department is to advertise the resources
of the State and thereby induce capital
and people to come within her borders. =
The members of the Board of Agriculture
are live, progressive men. They have
given every encouragement to the immi-
grafton movement. They have spared no
pains to induce people of good habits to
settle in the State and they have done all
things necessary to cause the people after
they have settled to ieel they were wei
come. The Board have at the head of the
Immigration Bureau native North Caro-
linian. A young man who has shown by
his work that it is not necessary to be
born in cold northern cline to be ener-
getic, active and successful. A man in
whom the new settlers in the State have
The greatest confidence.
This paper, published under The auspi
ces Of the State immigration agent, Mr..
Patrick, reminds us sad of how far Mary
land is behind her sister Southern States
in matters OF enterprise, and especia y
with regard to this important matter OF
immigration The other Southern States
recognizing the great importance of re
cruiting their agricultural popu alton and
revolutionizing the old plantation system,
provide an immigration bureau as one OF
the most important and essential branches
of their public service Adequate appro-
priations are made to enable this depart
mept 10 advertise the advantages and re-
sources of the State and its inducements
to new se,t ers to the outside word, and a
we'll devised system for this purpose is
kept constantly iu operation The result
is that the South is rapidly Il ling up with
thrifty settlers and the sevsrsl States are
making rapid strides toward wealth and
prosperity.
But here 10 Maryland, while the State
readily appropriates thousands oi dollars
for the maintenance OF the militia and pro-
viding them with free encampmeats and
excursions, and for many other less mer!-
torious purposes. not one dollar il appro-
immigration bureau. and no attention at
all is paid to the matter. AMI ye, Mary
land is more in need of such service than
any other Southern State. Here is the
whole Southern peuinsul, Of our State,
which is recognized by all ia iicinus per-
sons who are familiar with IL to possess
unusual advantages sad inducements TO
agricultural settlers, 'e't to grow up in
bramblcs and " lstc for the want OF set
tiers to clear up an cultivate tue lands.
The old plantation system Of agricul'
ture became impracticsble when slave
labor ceased to exist. And the old plan
tat,ons should have been long since sub
divided up into handy farms suited to the
present methods Of agriculture, aud 4
thrifty farmer put upon every farm. This
has been done in large measure further
Sou'h, aud hence the rapid M srcs OF i'm
provament which has taken place there.
The means through which this desir rsble
result has been accomplished is the immi-
grafton bureau as q State agency. Let Us
hope that the next Legislature of Mary
land may be induced to give some atteu-
ton 10 this important matter.